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Photoshop and Adobe Premiere for $5? Students will get that and more come May 15, when Adobe will offer its full suite of Creative Cloud applications to K–12 schools at $4.99 per license, per year. In addition to Photoshop and Premiere, professional-level software for photo and video editing, respectively, the package offers access to Illustrator (vector graphics), InDesign (publishing), and Dreamweaver (web design), among other tools. Students can use the cloud-based apps at school or at home and from any device, and each license comes with 2GB of storage. A reduction from the current $25 per student, the $4.99 pricing requires a minimum purchase of 500 user licenses for a single school, or 2,500 licenses for a school district. “Strengthening the ‘A’ in STEAM and making art and creativity core to the student learning experience is Adobe’s responsibility. Digital storytelling is a critical skill for all students and enabling them to start creating videos, editing photos, and publishing websites by grade 6 and earlier is key,” said Mala Sharma, Adobe’s VP & GM of Creative Cloud Product, Marketing and Community, in a company statement. Adobe is offering educators related support in free professional development courses and lesson plans on its Education Exchange. Additional lessons are available for Adobe Spark, a storytelling app set, which became free for K–12 and academic institutions in January.